Our Preferred Network Solution

In response to the Problem and Opportunity statements, the technical team has developed a Preferred Network Solution. This is a proposal for what Burlington’s transportation networks could look like in the future.

In this section, we explore the future of transportation in Burlington, starting with the mode share shift the IMP is striving to achieve in order to reach our targets, and ending with the Preferred Network Solution. 

To fulfill the vision, values, and goals of the IMP, Burlington will need to shift the proportion of trips that are made by car to other modes of travel - also known as the mode share. 

The Preferred Network Solution identifies areas of the city where infrastructure investments are recommended to shift the mode share from cars towards walking, cycling, and taking transit.   

Transportation policies and programs will also help support the mode share shift. These will be developed in a future stage of the IMP, once a Network Solution is endorsed by Council.  

The pie charts represent the existing mode share in Burlington - how people move through the City today - and the target mode shares by 2051, which is the horizon year for the IMP.

We want to hear from you! Take the interactive mapping survey to tell us if you agree or if there is anything we have missed for the proposed priority networks for cycling, walking, cars, trucks, and buses. Your input is key to the design of a safe, accessible, sustainable, balanced and livable future of transportation in Burlington. 

Your feedback will help us refine the Preferred Network Solution. Once refined, it will be brought before City Council as the Recommended Network Solution in December 2021, when Council will vote on whether to endorse it.  

Once a future network is confirmed, project staff will transportation policies and programs that will support the infrastructure recommendations. They will also develop an Implementation Plan, which will identify project costs and the order that projects are to be completed in to make the future network a reality.  

Do you have any questions about the IMP update or any of the material in this StoryMap? Please visit the  project page  or contact: 

Kaylan Edgcumbe,

Manager of Integrated Mobility @ City of Burlington

905-335-7600 ext 7497

kaylan.edgcumbe@burlington.ca

Go to the next StoryMap:  Future State of Transportation